Here’s me &
@pavlyshyna_st
celebrating my 26th birthday from a bunker.
That day, we also successfully relocated 6 of our team members from
#Kyiv
to safety. Added cause for celebration
3 months since
#Ukraine
was invaded, its time we shared our
@awesomic_inc
startup war story⬇️
@AndreyAzimov
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@vsheredeha
Зараз в Сан Франциско. Крч, шо тут є:
1) Дуже багато грошей. Ну просто якшо у тебе рівні руки і башка трішки думає - це супер ізі якось заробляти в рази більше ніж будь де.
2) Амазон. Все шо можеш собі захотіти в 1 кліку буде доставлено під двері за 24 години.
3) Приємні люди.
Prediction:
@levelsio
will start selling plane tickets via his new Airline List project.
Prediction
#2
: this gonna be his biggest by rev project, as the flights tickets market size is huuuge (700m people / year)
remember this tweet
We finished
@ycombinator
more than 2 years ago. In our batch we had about 400 startups. After us, there been another ~1000+ startups.
Still, our group partners (
@snowmaker
,
@bradflora
) answer me in less than hour when I message them. Even years after.
In 2017 we successfully finished the first batch of
@ycombinator
Startup School
A few years later, we got accepted into S21
And now I'm running 166+ folks company
Definitely recommend applying to YC Startup School. That was a game-changer for us!
@zhovta_plyama
Без ухилянтів не буде волонтерів.
Взагалі пропоную прийняти закон, який обʼявляє всіх громадян військовими, а хто не хоче - СЗЧ. От тоді зразу переможемо.
Hey Makers! We've been in closed beta for 5 months, today we launch on
@ProductHunt
Pizdata is like Uber for design. You set a task today – get it done tomorrow.
No hassle. No HR. No interviews.
Please, support us 😉
Today's Ukraine Defender Day
A month ago, my father joined Ukraine's army as a sergeant. Before that, he had been voluntarily in the Territorial Defence Department for 1.5 years from the first day, 24 Feb 2022.
I'm honored to be your son.
Thank you for everything you did for
My Founder Mode:
We did
@ycombinator
S21 3 years ago, and we still did use our $125k YC’s investment, because I run
@awesomic
as default alive by default.
@TurnerNovak
@awesomic
choose by 500+ Y Combinator startups as main design provider. Backed by YC, Google. Based in SF, CA.
Web -
Dribbble - (600k designer inspire monthly)
Getting the first $10k MRR is extremely important for your SaaS.
After that, things get easier because you're able to cover your expenses + hire people + buy tools, and so on. It's an acceleration point.
DON'T waste your time on anything except growth to the first $10k MRR.
@ChrisJBakke
Zillow has 293 properties for $2k/mo rents
It’s really possible to live in SF for that budget, but that would be not the nicest place in the city
I’m excited to announce Awesomic office opening in San Francisco.
This Friday (9 Feb), 6 pm-10 pm opening event, SF Downtown.
We’ll share our progress, future plans, and a few amazing stories at the event.
Only a few tickets are available – apply for RSVP.
It was a crazy time, but we managed to keep
@awesomic
afloat. We're proud of what we've accomplished, and we're grateful to
@WIRED
for sharing our story. We hope that our story will inspire others to never give up.
5,000,000+ Ukrainians died in one year due to russia aggression. That’s not 2022. It’s been 1932. This genocide is called Holodomor.
Holod – starvation
Mor – execution
(🧵 thread: 1/8)
@Mykhailova_A
$20 млрд надсилають заробітчани в Україну. Кожні два роки, рахуй що по Ленд-лізу. Зараз цього нема. В той самий час, як у нас 20млн працьовитих чоловіків. З яких максимум армії зараз потрібно 1млн.
Навіщо втрачати пів лендліза в таких умовах?
@FactSetManiac
MTac is better
Started in Ukraine
Tested in war by many soldiers
Cheaper than Patagonia
Quality is same or better than Patagonia
Personal choice of Zelensky
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Roman Sevast, the founder of Awesomic 👋 We match awesome companies with cosmic designers. 20 months ago we launched our startup, went through the
@YCombinator
accelerator, and raised $2.5m. Things were going great...
@eywind
Я дочитав, і ви тупо атакуєте людей, які вимушено виїхали за кордон.
Впевненний, що ця масованна компанія проти Українців закордоном спроектована десь в аналітичних офісах Кремля.
В Ізраїлі більшість євреїв живе не в Ізраїлі, але їх за це не цькують, а навпаки. Українці ж
just won $2k chargeback
customer tried to scam us
got designs, 40h of work
then 2 month later – false chargeback
@awesomic
legal & finance team did a great job!
should I share a detailed guide on how to win chargebacks? reply then below
@maxua
Спробуй два режими роботи. Режим менеджера, коли ти комунікуєш з людьми і режим мейкерк, коли ти сфокусовано працюєш.
У PJ є хороша статья про це
Excited to share our new product - all in one system to manage service/productize business.
It’s like Linear+Slack+Zoom+Calendly as one app, but tailored to service providers needs.
We used all ours knowledge we gained last 5 years and juiced into this masterpiece.
Meet Worksomic! 🎉
All-in-one system for managing your service business. Streamline your projects, subscriptions, teams, and clients with ease.
Be among the first to try it out!
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#business
#management
#productivity
#worksomic
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
Our workplace became bunkers or whatever shelter we could find. The usual excitement of working in a startup turned to a constant fear for our lives.
Here’s a look at how the lives of our team changed overnight...
@maxua
Найкращі кандидати ніколи не виходять на ринок праці. Тільки через знайомих, або хедхантінг.
Я всього 1 раз в житті зарегався на Джині коли було 17 років. Знайшов першу роботу дуже швидко. Далі ніразу не писав резюме і не шукав роботу. У всі наступні проекти мене звали і завжди
WATCH: Our startup’s war story in
#Ukraine
.
Our friends at
@YCombinator
have done an amazing job in documenting our journey through the war. This story is very close to our hearts & means a lot to the wider
@Awesomic
community. Hope you like it!
Ukraine’s Awesomic (S21) secures a $2M round to help companies find their best-fit designers and get design tasks done in 24 hours.
Congrats
@roman_sevast
,
@pavlyshyna_st
, and the
@awesomic_inc
team on the round!
I remember
@daltonc
telling us at our last YC meeting during S21 that most startups are shot down when founders give up.
So, founders – never give up.
Be ready; that thing will be more challenging.
Startups are very very hard which is why founders must be incredibly strong. It is not one spectrum of optimism vs pessimism.
You must neither put your head in the sand, nor give up hope.
True resilience is the Stockdale paradox
@iborisua
Чувак, без економіки армія не затащить. Це тупо база. На тебе одного треба 6-12 людей, які будуть старанно працювати і заробляти на твою зпшку і всі інше, що ти використовуєш в роботі.
Agree, as a solution to that problem we started opening small offices around the world where we have 5+ folks.
This month I opened SF office. Sao Palo, Brasil is in plans next month. (on photo)
Warsaw, Poland in 2024, and probably few more locations.
When I talk to founders of YC companies started before 2020, one of the things they tell me most consistently is that they wish they could switch back from remote to in-person but can't figure out how to do it.
The
@ycombinator
network is buzzing about VCs who play “games” with YC founders or give bad, self-interested advice to get an edge.
@pioneer_fund
never does this. Of the thousands of founders we've talked to, zero will say we did anything like that.
We’re all fellow YC alumni
@Jason
@twistartups
Hey
@Jason
I would love to share my story how I run Ukraine’s startup
@awesomic
, grew x3.5 times since war started, with 100+ folks team. Went thru YC, raised $3m from TOP VCs.
It’s a crazy story, you’ll definitely love that.
Awesomic got into YC S21! 🎉
@ycombinator
acceleration definitely changed trajectory of our company.
During YC we had 3x revenue growth, 60+ people working with us full-time.
620+ companies worked with
@awesomic_inc
so far.
👉
Just messaged my investors about upcoming crisis, after YC’s email, and they like “do you need additional cash injection for $0.5m?”
Love my investors ❤️
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
But just over 3 months ago, things changed.
Russia started their invasion of Ukraine at 4am, Feb 24th. My mom called me at 7am and said: “It’s started, run away to a safe place”. But I had been preparing for this day to come. My suitcase was already packed. We had a plan...
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
After my mom's call, I called Stacy and we started executing our plan. We went into autopilot mode. There was no time to dwell on our thoughts. The safety of our company’s 100+ people became our top priority...
Preparing to my first Vipassana (10 days of silence, only meditations all day). Got ordered a mediation bench (IKUKO).
I'm going to sit on this bench for 10 day and say nothing. Eat raw food. Complete digital / dopamine detox. Would love to share results.
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
This bomb fell on a balcony of our designer’s next-door neighbor. Luckily, it didn't explode. Otherwise, he, his wife, and his children would be dead.
The whole world was in shock at the events that were unfolding. So were we...
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
As a company, we had to act, and we had to act quickly. But as you can expect, we hadn’t experienced a situation anything remotely like this before.
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
Just a few days before the war started, we were working from a beautiful office in the center of Kyiv.
In the space of just 24 hours, our lives were flipped upside down. We went from enjoying the normal startup life to discussing survival tactics...
@pavlyshyna_st
@awesomic_inc
@ycombinator
As we are a remote-first company, we had folks spread across the whole country. The majority were located in cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, & Odesa, which were under attack from Russian missiles.
From the very first day, I started receiving photos like this from our team...
@arestovych
Чувак, ти ж сам говорив в травні 2022, що після 75к вбитих в росії почнуться бунти, бо у кожного росіянина буде як мінімум один знайомий мертвий.
Чи це така стратегія, спамити всіма можливими версіями, а потім коли якась відбувається - підсвічувати її і казати «а я ж казав»?
My Founder Mode:
We did
@ycombinator
S21 3 years ago, and we still did not use our $125k YC’s investment, because I run
@awesomic
as default alive by default.
@GoodBadTimes_
Well deserved 💪! You should also consider to apply on some independent journalist’s nominations, because you are one of the best in the world who constantly overviewing Russo-Ukraine war.